1935 Company is founded in Tyler, Texas as the TYLER IRON AND FOUNDRY COMPANY.
1937 - M.J. Harvey named President. Production of cast iron soil pipe and fittings begins.
1943 - Plumbing products restricted; foundry manufactures ordnance for war effort.
1945 - Name becomes Tyler Pipe & Foundry Company.
1946 - New department markets staple specials, staple drains and municipal castings.
1948 - Additional production facilities open seven miles north of Tyler at Swan, TX.
1950 - North plant 108" cupola installed.
1952 - Utilities fittings and specification products added.
1957 - Plants and offices moved to Swan. Tyler Pipe product catalog introduced.
1959 - Centrifugal pipe casting machines developed. Tyler introduces industry's first 10-foot lengths of cast iron soil pipe.
1960 - Computer system for sales and inventory control adopted and applied.
1961 - TY-SEAL compression gasket introduced.
1963 - Tyler Pipe purchases Wade, Inc.; markets full line of plumbing and drainage specification products. TY-SEAL gaskets receive national acceptance.
1964 - Tyler No-Hub pipe and fittings production begins. East Penn Foundry Company at Macungie, Pennsylvania purchased.
1966 - TY-SEAL sales exceed 10-million.
1967 - Name becomes Tyler Pipe Industries. Pressure Pipe fittings with push-in joints produced.
1968 - Tyler Pipe becomes subsidiary of Tyler Corporation. No-Hub coupling sales top five million. Wade Division introduces carrier fittings with TY-SEAL hubs.
1969 - TY-SEAL gasket sales pass 35-million.
1970 - RufWall Engineered Piping Systems introduced at "Operation Breakthrough".
1971 - 50-millionth TY-SEAL gasket installed in Long Island, New York.
1973 - Utilities division introduces 24" diameter fittings.
1974 - Tyler introduces ductile iron production castings for Wade and Utilities Divisions.
1975 - Ten-inch No-Hub pipe and fittings introduced.
1977 - Founder M.J. Harvey, Sr. passed away. Wade Division introduces new carrier fitting line for hubless piping systems. Utilities Division introduces 30" diameter fittings.
1978 - Major Mid-East projects initiate export business. No-Hub coupling sales pass 50 million.
1979 - One hundred million TY-SEAL gaskets sold.
1980 - Wade introduces gasket push-on specification products.
1981 - Moldmaster unit begins production. 1982 - Engineered Products Department introduces RufWall DWV Systems for institutions.
1985 - Impact Molding System improves production.
1986 - Purchase of plant and production facilities for No-Hub couplings. Re-named Tyler Coupling Co., Marshfield, MO.

1994 - Utilities Division changes to 100% ductile iron watermain fittings.
1995 - AS-400 software installed in centralized data processing equipment and PC's throughout company; permits real-time inventory review and raw material assessments.
1995 - Tyler Pipe is purchased by Ransom Industries Inc., a private company with headquarters in Birmingham AL. -New truck-loading docks complete state-of-the-art-shipping facility at Tyler plants.
1996 - ANACO acquisition by Tyler Pipe gains West Coast market share and new products for Soil Pipe Division.
1998 - Automatic cupola charging and robotics introduced to both production plants.

JANUARY 2005 -

• North Plant Cupola Emission System Baghouse to control emissions and clean exhaust gases.
• Recuperator to recycle heat from the melting process and reduce the usage of natural gas.
• North Plant 40 Ton Electric Furnace - To maintain temperature and get a more uniform iron chemistry.
• 40 Ton Furnace Baghouse to control emissions from 40 Ton Furnace.
• North Plant four new pipe casting machines and associated finishing lines. New production building to house the new equipment.

Tyler, Texas, home of Tyler Pipe Company, was once an agricultural community. While agriculture still is important, industrial development now contributes much to the city and its progress. Part of this development has come from Tyler Pipe, whose predecessor company was organized, in mid-depression 1935.

From the beginning, Tyler Pipe faced formidable obstacles and handicaps; the physical location of the company is far from an established industrial center; the soil pipe industry is highly competitive; the foundry is far removed from economical sources of iron; and in its early day, Tyler Pipe was a "short-line outfit," with too few patterns in too few sizes.

Tyler Pipe solved these problems creatively. From its inception, the company has been a growth operation. One of the strongest development factors was management's alertness to the needs of buyers and users…the plumbers. From the start, the company geared itself to serve the plumber through conventional distribution channels.

An even stronger influence in Tyler Pipe's growth was awareness of industry changes and the ability to adapt from manual to mechanized production. The first mechanized pipe machine, which duplicated manual production sequences, produced enough five-foot pipe to span the earth…. four times.

To provide a dependable source of good quality pig iron, the company pioneered development of the basic water-cooled cupola, in association with the Ford Motor Company. Tyler Pipe designed and developed machines to make the nations first 10-foot cast iron soil pipe, and introduced Pipe fittings with plain-end spigots. This last innovation, plain-end spigots, led to Tyler Pipe's most significant achievement, the TY-SEAL compression gasket.

While setting new standards for quality in joining systems, TY-SEAL has virtually eliminated the use of molten lead joints…. an industry standard for about 600 years. Currently Tyler Pipe has foundries in Texas and Pennsylvania, and coupling/gasket production facilities in Missouri and California.

Tyler Pipe is owned by McWane Inc., a private company located in Birmingham Alabama.